В Четверг 02 октября 2008 05:43, scott писал:
> I am looking for chat room software that runs on Linux. This is not
> the client side of things but rather the hosting side of it.

Hi,

Personally, I am running a private chat server for my family using the
Debian distro and Jabberd daemon. There are several XMPP clients available
for Linux and Windows.

Regards,
Mateusz Viste

scott wrote:
> I am looking for chat room software that runs on Linux. This is not
> the client side of things but rather the hosting side of it. Preferably
> the client can use any OS as they choose. Anyone know of any?
> Used Yahoo's IM as well as MS's and they don't fit the bill. Should
> have administration capabilities.

Jabber is the way to go. Both server and clients are available on Linux
and Windows. I have tried it out. Huge advantage is that you can keep it
inhouse, instead of people chatting with their friends.

That is already some years ago I played with it, so details are a bit
meager. Also I asume that over the years many things have been added, so
that you can most likely do whatever you want.

Obviously there also is IRC, which is a real chatroom and not a vague
interpretation of it. Perhaps that is what you are looking for. There
you can also moderate.

houghi
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houghi wrote:
> scott wrote:
>> I am looking for chat room software that runs on Linux. This is not
>> the client side of things but rather the hosting side of it. Preferably
>> the client can use any OS as they choose. Anyone know of any?
>> Used Yahoo's IM as well as MS's and they don't fit the bill. Should
>> have administration capabilities.
>
> Jabber is the way to go. Both server and clients are available on Linux
> and Windows. I have tried it out. Huge advantage is that you can keep it
> inhouse, instead of people chatting with their friends.
>
> That is already some years ago I played with it, so details are a bit
> meager. Also I asume that over the years many things have been added, so
> that you can most likely do whatever you want.
>
> Obviously there also is IRC, which is a real chatroom and not a vague
> interpretation of it. Perhaps that is what you are looking for. There
> you can also moderate.
>
> houghi

Thank you for the info. I trust both Jabber and the IRCD are not on
the OpenSuSE 11.0 cd?

scott wrote:
>
> Thank you for the info. I trust both Jabber and the IRCD are not on
> the OpenSuSE 11.0 cd?

I only trust my bank and look what hapend to that.
http://software.opensuse.org/ymp/ser....0/jabberd.ymp
and
http://software.opensuse.org/search?...1.0&p=1&q=ircd


houghi
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